Company: Impatient Health
Location: London
Posted: May 20th, 2026
This is a senior-level opportunity for a proven leader in strategy and design to shape the future of a fast-growing consultancy. As our Consulting Director, reporting into the Head of Consulting, you will play a pivotal role in delivering high-impact projects from end-to-end, managing a team of consultants, and supercharging the growth of our Consultancy practice in the life sciences.
Working directly with the Head of Consulting, you will take ownership of building client relationships, crafting innovative project designs and strategies to complex challenges, and scaling systems to ensure continuous growth. This role is ideal for someone with deep expertise in life sciences consulting and a passion for creative approaches.
We are looking only for the brightest and sharpest minds. Are you a strategic thinker with a deep curiosity in tomorrow’s biggest healthcare challenges? Are you a problem-solver that doesn’t quite fit into the ‘conventional’ box? Are you excited to be part of a global team and contribute your knowledge and experience by working with life sciences clients? If so, we’d love you to apply.
Your mission, should you choose to accept it, will be to supercharge our growth, using your creativity and commercial nous to broaden and deepen our current areas of practice.
We believe AI should augment human intelligence, not replace it. We focus on human transformation, ensuring teams, leaders, and cultures are equipped to thrive as AI becomes woven into everyday work.
Our work here is underpinned by our Customer Leadership philosophy. This is about challenging teams to think boldly, experiment fearlessly and craft stories and strategies that will provoke and inspire customers to take meaningful action. We help teams build the right mindset and behaviours and then embed this thinking into the day to day of brand messaging, planning and customer engagement.
We work with Medical Affairs teams to define their scope as future leaders, build the capabilities required for effective partnership across the organisation, and translate complex science into clear, compelling stories that enable the right engagement.
Patient 360 is our approach to creating patient engagement strategies that stay connected across the entire product lifecycle. We believe patient insights have the greatest impact when there is continuity in what we hear, consistency in how we interpret it, and clarity in how we use it to shape decisions and drive change.
We’re seeking an experienced leader with a passion for disrupting the status quo in pharma with the below minimum qualifications:
In addition to the above, some of the qualities you possess are:
You will take ownership of high-impact projects, lead client engagements, and mentor a team of consultants, all while shaping the future of our growing firm. Your responsibilities will include:
All applicants must have the right to work in the United Kingdom (UK).
There are thousands, maybe even millions, of consulting companies in the world. Only a few are trying to bring something new to the world. We believe our company, Impatient Health, is one of them.
Our work is exclusively in the pharmaceutical, biotech and medtech industries, which tend to think of themselves as mature and conservative and risk‑averse. We’re here to help them become more ambitious, open‑minded and creative – because patients demand it. We help them dream, and then turn those dreams into reality.
We are also growing fast. Despite being young (5 years), we have grown some incredible assets – (i) knowing everyone in the industry, (ii) having an ‘independent’ positioning, and (iii) having a CEO who is known as a disruptor & thought‑leader. Because of this, we receive many organic approaches from potential clients who are looking for help on a wide variety of projects. We need someone who can work as a trusted collaborator with our Head of Consulting to convert these into long standing, growing engagements.
Work/Life Balance: We’re all aiming to strike the right work life balance. You'll get together regularly with the UK‑based members of our team – while still having the flexibility to work remotely. Ultimately: we care more about outcomes than output. We want you to get the job done in the way that works for you. Craving some sun during winter? You'll be free to work from wherever you're most productive.
Learning Opportunities: Your personal development is our collective future success. In addition to dedicated regular time to progressing your career goals, we also offer 'study leave' for if you’re working towards something big – our senior leadership team are here to offer support and guidance for your development.
Culture: Remote‑first doesn't need to mean distant – we’re a friendly bunch at Impatient and overcompensate for our lack of office with some amazing offsites and moments of connection. We'll make sure you get the face time to form connections with the wider team.
Mind, Body & Soul: Stipend of £750 a year for wellness. This annual credit can also be used towards professional development, self‑care, or an experience that takes you somewhere new. We also provide extra funds for simply going to visit other members of the team!
Employee Wellbeing: We care deeply about our employee's well‑being and that’s why we offer mental health support through a partner mental health service which lets you speak to a therapist anytime you need, alongside private healthcare for UK‑based employees.
A 20‑25 minute intro call
A 50 minute skills interview
A take home task, to be presented at a final session with our founders and the Head of Consulting
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